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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

As students work together in a group context, they learn to accept different points of view, ask probing questions, and bargain to reach harmony. Additionally, collaborative learning can enhance student motivation and commitment. Professors must consider how the group work will build on intelligence, expertise, and character.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

As students work together in a group context, they learn to accept different points of view, ask probing questions, and bargain to reach harmony. Additionally, collaborative learning can enhance student motivation and commitment. Professors must consider how the group work will build on intelligence, expertise, and character.

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Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact

Faculty Focus

Principle 3: Small group work is ideal. Good workshops involve discussion, and discussion is most fruitful in groups of 3-4 members. In smaller groups, every person has the opportunity to express an opinion, and it is far more difficult to remain silent and uninvolved. The best questions need crafting and design.

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Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact

Faculty Focus

Principle 3: Small group work is ideal. Good workshops involve discussion, and discussion is most fruitful in groups of 3-4 members. In smaller groups, every person has the opportunity to express an opinion, and it is far more difficult to remain silent and uninvolved. The best questions need crafting and design.

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Trauma-informed practices in higher education: Building support communities from the topdown

EAB

My recommendation would be to continue to support these fledgling communities, celebrate them and encourage their growth recognizing that there exists serious barriers and lack of motivation to implement such change, particularly among the tenure-track faculty.